A research team from the Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (Greece) conducted a study on the public acceptance of biofuels in Greece. One of the aims of the study was to examine "the links between social acceptance of biofuels and socioeconomic variables" (such as age, education and income). The measure of acceptance in terms of willingness to pay was also explored. The study location was in Thrace (Northeastern Greece), an area which is reportedly suitable area for biofuel production. The topics covered in face-to-face interviews included climate change, energy dependency and biofuels. Results showed that over 90.7% of the respondents believed that climatic changes are related to the consumption of fossil fuels, but only half (49.9%) thought that biofuels can be an effective solution against climate change. A possible explanation of the results was that "those with low education are closer to the agricultural sector which stands to benefit from biofuels, but it could also reflect a lack of knowledge about the disadvantages of biofuels". Other highlights of the study are: (1) slightly more than half of the 80% of respondents who own cars were willing to use biofuels and pay 0.06 Euros more on top of the market price, (2) Those with higher education are more likely to pay the extra amount, (3) respondents did not appear willing to pay more if government or industry managed the introduction, (4) "only 23.8 per cent of participants knew the difference between bioethanol and biodiesel". Overall, the study showed that there is a "lack of information about biofuels within the public sphere", and that education campaigns for the introduction of biofuels in Greece "could highlight the positive impact of biofuels on the farming community and research organizations/universities". The study is published in the journal, Energy Policy (URL above).

As part of the government of India's initiative to reduce global warming, the Indian state of Karnataka, in Southern India established the first of four biodiesel parks. Located in the Karnataka State Women's University campus, the park will serve as a (1) biodiesel production research and information center, as well as (2) a farmer-incubation-center, which can assist farmers who wish to participate in biodiesel production activities. About 30 acres will be set aside for the planting of biodiesel-crop seedlings. The Karnataka State Biodiesel Task Force and Forest Department made the initiative for the establishment of the biodiesel parks.

Chemical Engineering researchers from Purdue University (United States) are proposing the creation of mobile processing plants for biofuel production using a thermochemical process called, "fast-hydropyrolysis-hydrodeoxygenation". The "mobile" approach sidesteps a major economic hurdle in biofuels production from lignocellulosic biomass, which is the high transport cost of the solid biomass feedstock. The Purdue University news release describes the process as follows: "Biomass along with hydrogen will be fed into a high-pressure reactor and subjected to extremely fast heating, rising to as hot as 500 degrees Celsius, or more than 900 degrees Fahrenheit in less than a second. The hydrogen containing gas is to be produced by "reforming" natural gas, with the hot exhaust directly fed into the biomass reactor". At high temperature, the biomass breaks down into smaller molecules in the presence of hydrogen and suitable catalysts. The condensed reaction product can eventually be used as fuel. The proposed process reportedly produces twice as much biofuel as presently-used technologies, when hydrogen is derived from natural gas. A publication describing the process appears in the Environmental Science and Technology journal (URL above).